Author's note: MoniTale's one-year anniversary is coming up soon so I want to make sure this comes out by then. So I am genuinely sorry if this doesn't come out by then. Now, before we begin I want to quickly explain the way I think Yuri is in Act 1. She's a masochist, but not as big a masochist as in Act 2.
So she won't have crazy amounts of cuts, but she'll still have that PROBLEM. Yes, even though it's a fetish (not sugarcoating it here) it is a massive problem that Frisk will tackle first. And honestly?
It'll be the easiest.
Disclaimer: I don't own Doki Doki Literature Club or Undertale, however I do own the plot of this story and our Player
Frisk stared for a moment longer at Yuri as she left. The line was small, borderline unnoticeable. Unless you were Frisk of course.
She was used to picking up on things about people, physical, mental or otherwise.
Now, ever since Frisk had appeared into this odd new world and body, her mind had been expanding. She'd found herself just..knowing things. Things that she, logically, coming from the mind of a child shouldn't have known. The cold realities of the world were just a part of these things.
Frisk had seen and gone through much worse than simple knowledge. Knowledge of depression and Suicide were nothing compared to the downright eldritch abomination Flowey could be sometimes.
Although, perhaps she could have done without a sudden knowledge of romantic and sexual feelings. Those were an unexpected addition, but hey, Frisk had always been a naturally flirtatious person.
All that said, she didn't expect Yuri to be a cutter.
She didn't see much, it was an accidental lift of the sleeve that went a bit higher than usual and Yuri hadn't been expecting Frisk to still be looking back when she got up with her book.
But she definitely saw the scar. It was long, but not too deep. The scariest part about it?
The scar looked like it had been reopened.
Whatever the reasoning was for it, depression, masochism, or attention, Frisk had an obligation to help.
Yuri exited, and jumped in surprise when she saw Frisk was leaning against the wall waiting for her. "Ah, Frisk, what are you doing?" She asked, placing her hand on her chest to calm her beating heart. Yuri seemed to realize the way she phrased that was rude, and added. "I mean, it's just not like you to still be here."
Frisk reached over and grabbed her arm before yanking up her sleeve, revealing all the scars. "It's just like I thought." She said, staring at the few scars trailing up her arm. "Yuri. What is this?" She said, staring at the red and angry scars. She'd gone over these recently, last night at least.
Yuri's face was somewhere between horrified and embarrassed. "I-they-you-" She stuttered. She pulled her arm away. "I-How did you figure it out?" She asked, grabbing a lock of purple hair and glancing away, having settled on embarrassed.
Frisk put her hand on her hip. "I saw it as we were leaving. Now it's your turn to answer my question: why?" Frisk's tone was hard but concerned, like a parents.
She had to repress the urge to smile at that, her voice was reminding her of Toriel. Her adoptive mother really did rub off on her.
Yuri's face flushed bright red, and she quickly looked around to check for anyone around. "M-maybe we should talk later." Yuri tried, but Frisk stepped in her way.
"No. We're going to handle this now, why are you doing this Yuri?" Frisk crossed her arms and scowled.
Yuri quickly got upset. "Y-you shouldn't be sticking your nose into other people's business!" It looks like Yuri had gotten defensive, whatever the reason was she really didn't want it getting out, despite the fact that the hallways were abandoned.
Frisk looked up and spotted a security camera. Oh I see now, she must have been worried someone would learn her secret through the security feed.
Frisk sighed and glanced over to where Yuri had ran off. The girl had stopped to look back at Frisk with sad eyes before taking off downstairs. Frisk considered chasing after her, forcing her to give up the information... But she knew better. Yuri will just get mad at me again.. I think I have a better idea.
She reached her hand out to just above her chest and, with some effort, summoned her SOUL. Red energy surrounded her as an aura and she was filled with DETERMINATION. Frisk fell backwards, no menu showing up this time, and she felt herself start to disassemble and felt the world Reset...
Frisk peeked her eyes open, curious to see what it was like when she Reset here. Back home if she opened her eyes during a Reset, she'd see nothing but pure darkness and the word "FUN" so she was used to weird things.
Her one opened eye immediately shut, it was as though her retinas had been lit on fire. What she saw was a screaming white void. Not screaming like there was sound, but screaming in that numbers and letters zipped around her errantly.
In that small time Frisk had been able to hold her eyes open, only one thing stood out to her. A string of bright red code. The only part of which she remembered was and equal sign and a closer parenthesis.
Frisk didn't have time to see the rest, because almost immediately after she had shut her eye, she felt herself laying in bed.
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Frisk opened her eyes again and groaned. Her head pounded like crazy and, more importantly she was laying in bed again. "Wait..." Frisk slapped her forehead. "I didn't SAVE!" She yelled, throwing the blanket off of her and standing up.
"Ugh! I have to do ALL DAY again?" She said as she walked towards the closet. She took a breath and sighed. "Okay, okay. It's fine, I can deal. Look at it this way, it means we'll have more time to think of what to say to Yuri!"
"Yuri. What is this?" She said, staring at the red and angry scars. She'd gone over these recently, last night at least.
Yuri's face was somewhere between horrified and embarrassed. "I-they-you-" She stuttered. She pulled her arm away. "I-How did you figure it out?" She asked, grabbing a lock of purple hair and glancing away, having settled on embarrassed.
Frisk put her hand on her hip. "I saw it as we were leaving. Now it's your turn to answer my question: why?" Frisk's tone was hard but concerned, like a parents.
She still had to repress the urge to smile at that, her voice was reminding her of Toriel. Her adoptive mother really did rub off on her.
Yuri's face flushed bright red, and she quickly looked around to check for anyone around. "M-maybe we should talk later." Yuri tried.
"I want to handle this today." Frisk replied in a no-nonsense kinda way. "My house or yours, make a choice."
Yuri tugged at that hair lock some more, and looked down. "M-mine." She stuttered.
"Okay, c'mon I'll walk with you." Frisk's usually cheery demeanor returned, though there was an underlying sense of maturity to her words.
A bit of time later Frisk and Yuri found themselves at Yuri's house, and a realization hit Frisk. "Should I wait out here while you tell your parents I'm coming over?" She asked.
The purple-haired girl responded quietly. "No, my parents won't be home for this week. They're on a business trip." She pulled a key out of her backpack and unlocked the door.
The two entered her home, which was a lavish looking thing. Frisk took in her house as they climbed the stairs into Yuri's room. The living room was beautiful, with dark purple chairs and furniture along with an incredibly expensive-looking TV. The kitchen was modern, average but expensive. Though Frisk didn't get a great look at it, the Family Room was beautifully simple, with a low sitting table and three sitting mats.
As they walked upstairs Frisk noticed a couple of Family Photos depicting Yuri as a child and two smiling purple-haired adults; her parents.
"You have a nice house, Yuri." Frisk said, trying to break the tension and knowing full well that she couldn't.
"Thank you." She replied simply, trying to be polite and break the tension herself.
The two Club members walked into Yuri's room, and Frisk was immediately taken aback. Her room was colored much like Yuri herself, with thick royal purple sheets covering a black bed, black and other dark colored furniture and a very large bookshelf in the back. The only light coming in was through the window, on which there was the perfect ledge to sit.
Frisk and Yuri dropped off their backpacks, and Frisk took a seat on that ledge while Yuri left to go bring tea.
As she did, Frisk considered how she was going to approach this, and decided to try something. She held her hand above her chest, and her SOUL poured out of it. "Ok me, I'm going to Save." She shut her eyes tightly and felt that red energy-her DETERMINATION spill out of her and surround her.
Now usually when Frisk saved, she'd hear a loud noise in her ears. But she knew better than to expect things to be normal. When she opened her eyes, she saw a box in front of her face.
"Save?
Y/N"
It asked. Frisk clicked Y, and the box disappeared. She just had to assume that it had worked, especially considering that right after Yuri walked in carrying her tea set.
The girl poured two cups of tea, and set the tea set between them before sitting on the other end of the windowsill.
Frisk accepted her drink, and sipped on the hot drink. Some part of her recognized the taste, it was Ginseng Green Tea.
They sat in silence, merely drinking for a moment, until Frisk was ready. "So. Want to explain about the cuts?" She asked, very bluntly.
Yuri's face reddened. "Y-you have to promise not to tell anyone!" Her tone was pleading.
"I promise not to tell your friends. Parents however, are a different story." Frisk's tone said everything. She was dead serious.
"Okay. I suppose that's fair.." Yuri trailed off and drank more of her tea, clearly trying to put off telling her.
"Yuri." Frisk warned him.
"Alright, fine!" She snapped, clearly not happy about having to explain. "I-I am.. I am a..masochist." She said the final word as quietly as possible.
Frisk was taken aback. She'd expected Suicidal tendencies or hell, she'd expected her to be looking for attention! But a masochist? This girl? She looked so soft and gentle!
And more importantly, Frisk hadn't actually planned to handle a Masochist.
"Yuri.."
"I know! It's weird! It's wrong! I'm a weird person! So what are you gonna do now, Frisk? Are you going to kick me out of the Club?! Are you going to try and make me stop?! I'VE TRIED!"
Jeez. It looked like she had had someone find out before.
"Yuri..no. I'm not going to do any of that." She said, her tone switching to understanding. "I know that things like these...fetishes..can't exactly be turned off."
At these words, Yuri seemed to calm down.
"But, I'm not going to let you keep hurting yourself, Yuri." Frisk reached over the tea set and rolled up Yuri's sleeve, revealing the four or five scars on her arms. "Look at your arms! It's too much!" Frisk sighed as Yuri's eye's furrowed in agreement. "So, I'm going to make you a deal. Pick a day when you want to do this, and do it then, but every other day I will check your arms after Club, and if I find any marks.. then I'll tell your.." She was about to say parents, but decided that Yuri had already been caught by them. "..I'll tell your friends and we'll stage an intervention. I'm not doing this to be mean, I'm doing this to protect you. This is unhealthy!" She lifted her arm up to her face. "If you knicked the wrong vein..you could die and.. I don't want that to happen, okay?"
Yuri seemed to understand. "Thanks, Frisk. I also realize that it's wrong and dangerous to do but.. I just can't stop."
"You won't have too all the way, but I'm demanding, that means no arguing, that you won't do it every day. Got it?"
Yuri glanced away and looked upset. "Can..can I have two days a week?"
"Yuri!" Frisk snapped.
"Okay, okay! I'll take today! Mondays." Yuri replied defensively.
Frisk glared at her and finished her tea. "I won't check tomorrow then, but if I find a wound on you on Wednesday..." Her tone was warning, and very clear.
She stood up then and grabbed her backpack. "I have to go Yuri, I'm glad we had this talk though. And please, please be careful tonight."
And with that, Frisk left.
Author's Note: A much shorter chapter this time, but I wanted, nay, needed to get this out ASAP sooo. Sorry!
Now for reviews!
MopishTheGreat: This chapter was great! I really like how you change up the story to accommodate Monika's personality, as opposed to Frisk's lack thereof. Speaking of Frisk, (I know you can't say much but) is she in a Gaster-like state where she exists but doesn't at the same time? Same with the Player, how is the world continuing without them?
Also, yes. Give Monika some pants. Hilarious as it was, that was totally uncalled for. Your inner pervert is leaking onto the page.
Me: Thanks! Frisk, as you can see in the Frisky Frisky Literature Club chapters, is actually within the world of DDLC as Monika's replacement. And as you can see here, she does have a personality..kinda.
As for Player, he is more like Chara (Narrator Chara headcanon is in effect here) and is existing as a kinda Gaster-figure. In that he is able to manipulate the world.
And yeah, I'm sorry. I considered removing it, but decided that it was a fun way to continue to expand on their relationship.
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AliceCullen3: LOVE IT!
Me: LOVE YOU!
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Jack54311: Geno Chara in the Literature Club? Oh boy. That'll get dark indeed. Still, I figured there would be some dark moments. It's DDLC. Even without Monika, the others have issues. Thankfully they have Frisk there. So I'll read it. The ending wouldn't make much sense without it.
So the player looked up some rule 34 huh? Can't say I'm surprised. Speaking frankly as a guy, Monika is hot. As a popular anime yandere, she's pretty much rule 34 bait for those kinds of artists. I can see why she would be mad at him, but he likely could curb her anger, at least somewhat, by saying that he thought it would be the only way to spend more quality time with her? Maybe? Eh, it probably won't work. Still, if she does buy it, he better not tell her if he has any pictures or videos of other girls.
Good chapter, and I look forward to the next update. I wonder how she'd react if she accidentally flashes Player again? Speaking of Player, are we ever going to get an actual name for him? They're practically dating now, and she doesn't even know his name!
Me: Thanks! This is a taste of things to come for Frisk N pals however. Yuri's problems are the easiest because it's something that can be regulated and watched easily. Sayori and Natsuki though... And as for getting dark *laughs like I'm the real Joker* oh most definitely
Player is a dude, one perfectly and absolutely in LOVE with Monika sure, but he's still a dude. And dudes like Player (teenagers) have crazy libitos, so it just makes sense for him to have done that. Her anger will eventually fade, but if they ever got back home she'd still remove the images from his phone. And he'd let her too! After all, why use images when you have the real deal~?
Monika would react like she did last time, be completely embarrassed. As for giving him a name... No. He's meant to be our inserts into the story. On one hand he's based on me overall, but on the other hand he's also meant to be a reader insert for you (Which is why I plan on giving you guys some say so in a decision of his later down the road), so no I won't say his name. You guys can call him what you want. As for Monika, heh, she's so used to calling him "Player" that it might as well be her nickname for him!
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JustKatsuu: I loved this chapter, the puns make it more egg-cellent. The egg is now the most liked instagram post, that's why I made it.
I'm egg-cited to see Chara, I don't know, they (or whatever pronouns you want to use, I respect them all) always seemed like a character I enjoyed. Maybe because at first I hate bad guys but then I love them or I just love the bad guys already.
This is one of my favourite books that I have read and most importantly, I love the puns because they were very pun-ny.
Damn it, I can't stop saying puns. I loved puns
Just Puns.
Me: I'm glad you liked the chapter! And why would you ever want to stop doing puns?
Just Puns, Forever!
And as for Chara.. I think you'll be very very shellshocked to say the least.
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Remnant7: hey u updated... Alot! Sorry I e been gone for the last five chapters but good news! I've got Undertale and have beaten it on neutral and pasafist. Also I still can't t spell. But keep up the good work
Me: It's okay! It just means you have more MoniTale to read while you wait for me to update! I'm glad you're done with Undertale, it means everything will make more sense now! And I plan too keep going until I'm dead or this is done!
Well, that's everything so
Until Next Time True Readers!